Esmeralda Santiago, who was born in Puerto Rico, is this year's honoree at the 17th annual Brooklyn Book Festival. HannahKliger reports.
It's New York's largest free literary festival, and this year more than 400 authors and 200 publishers from over 20 countries will be participating in dozens of discussions about contemporary literature.
The book fest began this week with a lineup of bookend events, including a sunrise reading on a canoe on the Gowanus Canal, poetry readings, and more across the five boroughs. It will culminate with a busy weekend of children's events on Saturday, and the main event, Festival Day, on Sunday at Cadman Plaza.
It started as a one-day event back in 2006, celebrating the thriving literary community of our city. Now, 17 years later, it has morphed into a nine-day festival celebrating all things literature.
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